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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tries to intervene when Mr. Vercueil is being beaten?
(a) Florence.
(b) Concerned neighbors.
(c) The police.
(d) The narrator.

2. Who follows Mr. Vercueil into the narrator's house?
(a) Two dogs.
(b) A friend of his.
(c) A woman.
(d) A cat.

3. What does the narrator ask her housekeeper to do in the letter she writes?
(a) To leave the house for a week.
(b) To send her daughters away.
(c) To send Bheki away.
(d) To keep the children quiet the next morning.

4. How long was the housekeeper absent?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 3 months.

5. In what time period is the "Age of Iron" set?
(a) Mid 1960's.
(b) Mid 1980's.
(c) Mid 1970's.
(d) Mid 1990's.

6. What do the narrator and her housekeeper do after talking with Mr. Vercueil in the kitchen?
(a) Pack his suitcase and throw it out the window.
(b) Take the woman and push her out the house.
(c) Take the woman and bring her to the police.
(d) Push the woman in the pool.

7. What is the ethnicity of the narrator?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Indian.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

8. How does the narrator sign the letter she writes to her housekeeper?
(a) E.C.
(b) J.K.
(c) P.N.
(d) A.H.

9. What is the name of the housekeeper's son?
(a) Harry.
(b) Bheki.
(c) John.
(d) Arthur.

10. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil when she wakes?
(a) On the couch.
(b) On the guest bed.
(c) On the front porch.
(d) On the kitchen floor.

11. Why does Florence bring Bheki back to the house?
(a) Her son could be fined.
(b) She is sought by police.
(c) She does not have insurance.
(d) She does not want to be involved with the police.

12. What does the narrator give to the person that lives near her house the first evening?
(a) Food.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Water.
(d) Cigarettes.

13. What does Florence say the police do to black boys who are not in school?
(a) Arrest them.
(b) Drink with them.
(c) Attack them.
(d) Fine them.

14. What does the narrator bring the person that lives near her house the morning after his return?
(a) Water.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Cocoa.

15. How long does the man work before being paid by the narrator?
(a) A couple of hours.
(b) A couple of month.
(c) A couple of weeks.
(d) A couple of days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who harasses and beats Mr. Vercueil one day?

2. What does the narrator tell the person that calls her?

3. Where is the man that the narrator brings on her trip to town from?

4. Who does the narrator want to bring with Florence and her?

5. What is Mr. Vercueil doing in the back yard that the housekeeper's daughters watch?

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